The Smith's: Journey Concert

This is a long drawn out story but it is a night i want to remember forever so i will use my disclaimer and say that this is for documentation purposes and i may bore you, sorry.

I got Daniel tickets to go and see Journey for Father's Day months ago and the day was finally here for the concert. I should mention that this day that has finally arrived happens to fall on the wettest week we have seen in a long time. It has been raining since Tuesday and continues to rain... But we are troppers and apparently hard core Journey fans and are still attending the concert, despite concerns from loved ones. This day also happens to fall on a Saturday night where UGA is playing during the same time as the concert and Daniel has been sick all week and I had a bit of a medical scare with some leg swelling and need to take it easier. So i guess hard core Journey fans we are for sure....

We left for the concert not at all in a rush or anything. We were walking out the door and realized we forgot the tickets and forgot to set the tivo (dvr, I call things by their brand names) for the UGA game.. We should have known then that our minds were not in the right place... We head towards Alpharetta with all intentions of stopping somewhere for dinner... doesnt happen... we just could not pick out something, anything to eat!!....we get lost... completely missing our turn but not realizing it for like 7 miles but then are too afraid to turn back.... we get to the amphitheatre (outdoor, i should mention) and realize that we dont have umbrellas, jackets, chairs and it is raining, of course..... we did think think ahead and brought a roll of trash bags (pictured below)..... so we head into the concert and decide we will save money by getting a snack and then eating later... $18.00 for pretzels and drinks... we go find a spot on the lawn where i purchased tickets months ago not foreseeing the large basketball that would be attached to me and sitting on the ground is probably the worst thing i can do for the joints and muscles that this basketball rests apon.. and trust me they are letting me know loud and clear... i lay out a trash bag for each of us to sit on and wah-lah we are ready to go...

now the fun stuff to report about, this about the time that i realize once again that daniel and i have an amazing connection because truely all we need is each other to make the best of any thing we are handed and love every moment of just being together..

so i set out a few more trash bags so we can lay down, prop ourselves up etc.... so we begin people watching and ohh how lucky the selection was!! I cannot even describe the types of people we saw, the awesomely entertaining things they were doing or even the conversations we heard as they walked by... all i have to say is that we got a much better show than we paid for... we layed down for a little bit and i was intranced with watching this old man partying it up, in his mickey mouse poncho mind you, that when i sat up there was soo many people by us.... first i tried to move away because they were teenagers and as much as i hate to admit it i cant stand teenagers!.. geez im old... but then they turned out to be the nicest teenagers ever... they complemented me on my trash bag poncho that i had constructed.... they saw daniel decked out in his UGA gear and asked him if he wanted to know the score... after he told them we were tivoing it they wouldnt talk outloud about it so they didnt spoil it!!!... but they did keep me informed of the score behind his back... :) then these sweet yet rowdy kids who may or may not have been all girls and gay... offered us their SPARE UMBRELLA.... what luck... who has a spare umbrella in the pouring rain... they even moved away to smoke so that "they wouldnt be responisble for the damage of our baby"..... this put lots into prespective and i thought about Oliver's future..... sometimes i am so hung up on what clothes he will wear and what sports he will play that this made me think about how i want him to be that guy (i still want him to be a guy though) in 16 years offering an umbrella to a stranger... then i decided we could have it all and he can dress nice, play the sports of our liking, date the opposite sex and be thoughtful of others... haha... then the kids next to us began smoking pot so my thoughts drifted....

and the opening band came on and i thought they were awful... lots of others loved them and i loved watching them love them.... then there was an intermission and me and daniel had to hide completely under the umbrella because a member of his was sitting directly in front of us... like DIRECTLY... what are the odds... D then took a bathroom break and of course heard that UGA was losing at this point... they rest of the night i limited his fluid intake to avoid that from happening again...

then Journey came on and their new singer sounds just like the old one did.... it was a great show.... they of course save faithfully and there other most popular song which the name escaped me right now til the end... and of course i CRIED when faithfully came on.. (our wedding song)... and we sang to each other, danced and had a blast....

now we are soaking wet and are headed home without any radio to watch the Dawgs win!!

What a great night... Happy Father's Day Daniel and Oliver you have big shoes to fill for Father's Day presents.. Mommy set the bar high!!